Fly-swatter.



D.VE. EMANUEL.

FLY SWATTER. APPLICATION FILEDOCT. 23. 1916. 7 1,228,891, Patented June 5,1917.

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FLY-SWAT'IER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed October 23,1916. Serial No. 127,265.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. EMANUEL, a citizen of the United States, and residentof Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful F ly-Swatter, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a fly swatter of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further object is to provide a fly swatter having a handle and a member movably mounted thereon, the parts being so arranged that by proper manipulation said member may be given a quick movement, said device having means for yieldingly returning said member to its normal position.

My invention consists in the construction, arangement and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows an inverted, plan view of my improved fly swatter.

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the same, and

Fig. 3 shows a detail, sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a striking member which may be a small sheet of screen wire or the like.

Secured to the striking member 10 is a plate 11 preferably of metal having an extension 12 in the'form of a metal disk, preferably lying in a plane substantially at right-angles to the plane in which the plate 11 rests.

Extending away from the disk 12 is an arm 13 in which is an elongated slot 14:. Extended "through the disk 12 and rotatably mounted with relation thereto is a small shaft 15.

I provide a handle device comprising a resilient wire 16 having one end bent at rightangles to the body of the member 16 and extended through the slot 141 and provided with a head or its equivalent 17.

At the outer end of the member 16, farthest removed from the disk 12, is formed a resilient coil 18, one end of which extends away from the coil 18 at 19 substantially parallel with the member 16..

Formed on what may be called the inner port for the disk 12, whereby the disk is held against twisting laterally on the shaft 15. g

The arms of the yoke 22 areon opposite sides of the disk 12, as shown in the draw lngs.

On the free end of the yoke 22 is formed a loop or hearing 23 for the shaft 15 on the opposite side of the disk 12 from the loop or hearing 21.

The resilient parts of the handle are so arranged that the members 16 and 19 normally stand spaced from each other as far as possible, with the disk 12, the arm 13 and striking member 10 in substantially the positions shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

lVhen the handle members 16 and 19 are grasped and pressed together quickly, it will be seen that the portion of the handle memher 16, extended through the slot 1 1 will slide in said slot and between the arm 13 toward the handle member 19, thereby imparting rotation to the disk 12 on the shaft 15 and moving the striking member 10 with a sharp quick motion from the position shown by full lines in Fig. 2, to its position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 for striking a fly or the like.

hen the pressure of the members 16 and 19 is released, it will be seen that the resiliency of the spring coil 18 will reurn said members to their positions shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

It is obvious from the foregoing description that my device is of very simple and inexpensive construction, and that it can be operated simply by squeezing the handle members 16 and 19 together and without any sharp swinging movement of the arm of the user.

I believe that a device of this kind has considerable advantages over the ordinary swatter which must be swung with the arm.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of my improved device without departing from its essential features and purposes, and it is my intention to cover by this application any modification in structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included Within the scope of the claims of the patent Which may be issued on my application.

I claim as my invention V 1. In a device of the class described, a handle device, comprising spaced members adapted to be firmly gripped between the palm and fingers of the hand, a spring device for connecting said spaced members at one end thereof, a striking device pivotally connected with the other end of one of said handle members, and means for connecting said striking device With the other end of the other handle member, Wherebyvvhen the handle members are forced together against the tension of said spring device, the strikingmember may be moved.

2. In a device of the class described, a

striking member, a supporting device secured thereto including a disk having an extension provided With an elongated slot, a shaft on which said disk is rotatably mounted, a yoke extended over said disk having at its ends loops forming bearings for said shaft on opposite sides of the disk, a handle member operatively connected With one of said loops at one end having at its other end a resilient coil, a second handle member connected With said coil and having a right-angled extension received in said 30 slot. 7

Des Moines, Iowa, October 17, 1916.

DAVID E. EMANUEL.

7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

